The last time Phoenix held a pick in the 1-10, 11-20 and 20-30 ranges in the same draft, it netted them one Ring of Honor member right away and another just four years later.
Dan Majerle was taken 14th overall in the 1988 NBA Draft, but it was not a selection met with widespread approval. Suns fans that had gathered for the team’s draft party in downtown Phoenix greeted the pick with hearty boos.
Less than a year later, they erupted in cheers when Thunder Dan announced his arrival with a merciless dunk over 7-foot-6 center Manute Bol in the 1989 playoffs.